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In this blog we are covering most searched for full forms. These abbreviations are very important for competitive exam and their interviews as they cover a wide range of topics. Some of the full forms included in this list are related to computer science, national and international organizations, important government posts, government exams, professions, academic degrees, economic terms and more. So let’s have a look at these full forms tabulated below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important Full Forms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We have complied the list of most important full forms related to government exams or higher studies in one way or the other. Not just government exams, the following abbreviations are a great source of general awareness required and expected from “to-be” government officers in the country. The list contains 200+ full forms and will be updated regularly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abbreviations<\/strong><\/td>Full Forms<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
MBBS Full Form<\/a><\/td>Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery<\/td><\/tr>
IAS Full Form<\/td>Indian Administrative Services<\/td><\/tr>
UPSC Full Form<\/a><\/td>Union Public Service Commission<\/td><\/tr>
GDP Full Form<\/a><\/td>Gross Domestic Product<\/td><\/tr>
IPS Full Form<\/td>Indian Police Service<\/td><\/tr>
SSC Full Form<\/td>Staff Selection Commission<\/td><\/tr>
ATM Full Form<\/a><\/td>Automated Teller Machine<\/td><\/tr>
DNA Full Form<\/a><\/td>Deoxyribonucleic Acid<\/td><\/tr>
PHD Full Form<\/a><\/td>Doctor of Philosophy<\/td><\/tr>
ITI Full Form<\/a><\/td>Industrial Training International<\/td><\/tr>
NCB Full Form<\/a><\/td>Narcotics Control Bureau<\/td><\/tr>
ED Full Form<\/a><\/td>Enforcement Directorate<\/td><\/tr>
TRP Full Form<\/a><\/td>Target Rating Point<\/td><\/tr>
ICSE Full Form<\/td>Indian Certificate of Secondary Education<\/td><\/tr>
PCS Full Form<\/td>Provincial Civil Service<\/td><\/tr>
NASA Full Form<\/a><\/td>National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/td><\/tr>
MLA Full Form<\/td>Member of the Legislative Assembly<\/td><\/tr>
NEET Full Form<\/td>National Eligibility cum Entrance Test<\/td><\/tr>
CEO Full Form<\/a><\/td>Chief Executive Officer<\/td><\/tr>
CID Full Form<\/a><\/td>Crime Investigation Department<\/td><\/tr>
NDA Full Form<\/a><\/td>National Defence Academy<\/td><\/tr>
SOP Full Form<\/a><\/td>Statement of Purpose
Standard Operating Procedure<\/td><\/tr>
CV Full Form<\/a><\/td>Curriculum Vitae<\/td><\/tr>
ICU Full Form<\/a><\/td>Intensive Care Unit<\/td><\/tr>
WIFI Full Form<\/a><\/td>Wireless Fidelity (Assumed)<\/td><\/tr>
BPO Full Form<\/a><\/td>Business Process Outsourcing<\/td><\/tr>
EMI Full Form<\/a><\/td>Equated Monthly Instalment<\/td><\/tr>
AIDS Full Form<\/a><\/td>Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome<\/td><\/tr>
DSP Full Form<\/td>Deputy Superintendent of Police
Digital Signal Processing<\/td><\/tr>
OPD Full Form<\/a><\/td>Outpatient Department<\/td><\/tr>
PWD Full Form<\/a><\/td>Public Works Department <\/td><\/tr>
NOC Full Form<\/a><\/td>No Objection Certificate
National Occupational Classification<\/td><\/tr>
BSC Full Form<\/a><\/td>Bachelor of Science<\/td><\/tr>
SDM Full Form<\/a><\/td>Sub-Divisional Magistrate<\/td><\/tr>
URL Full Form<\/a><\/td>Uniform Resource Locator<\/td><\/tr>
UPS Full Form<\/a><\/td>Uninterruptible Power Supply<\/td><\/tr>
UNICEF Full Form<\/a><\/td>United Nations Children\u2019s Emergency Fund<\/td><\/tr>
DP Full Form<\/a><\/td>Display Picture
Data Processing<\/td><\/tr>
RTO Full Form<\/a><\/td>Regional Transport Office<\/td><\/tr>
CNG Full Form<\/a><\/td>Compressed Natural Gas<\/td><\/tr>
CPU Full Form<\/a><\/td>Central Processing Unit<\/td><\/tr>
NRI Full Form<\/a><\/td>Non Resident Indian<\/td><\/tr>
UNESCO Full Form<\/a><\/td>United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization<\/td><\/tr>
GPS Full Form<\/a><\/td>Global Positioning System<\/td><\/tr>
MD Full Form<\/a><\/td>Managing Director<\/td><\/tr>
ISRO Full Form<\/a><\/td>Indian Space Research Organization
International Securities Regulatory Organization<\/td><\/tr>
FIR Full Form<\/td>First Information Report<\/td><\/tr>
NGO Full Form<\/a><\/td>Non-Governmental Organisation<\/td><\/tr>
LPG Full Form<\/td>Internet Payment Gateway
Interactive Programme Guide<\/td><\/tr>
CPR Full Form<\/a><\/td>Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation<\/td><\/tr>
IIT Full Form<\/a><\/td>Indian Institute of Technology<\/td><\/tr>
AM Full Form<\/a><\/td>Ante Meridiem
Amplitude Magnification<\/td><\/tr>
DRDO Full Form<\/a><\/td>Defence Research and Development Organisation<\/td><\/tr>
IRS Full Form<\/td>Indian Revenue Service<\/td><\/tr>
CCTV Full Form<\/a><\/td>Closed-circuit Television<\/td><\/tr>
HDFC Full Form<\/a><\/td>Housing Development Finance Corporation<\/td><\/tr>
HTML Full Form<\/a><\/td>HyperText Markup Language<\/td><\/tr>
ICT Full Form<\/a><\/td>Information and Communications Technology<\/td><\/tr>
MRI Full Form<\/a><\/td>Magnetic Resonance Imaging<\/td><\/tr>
UGC Full Form<\/a><\/td>University Grants Commission of India<\/td><\/tr>
FMCG Full Form<\/a><\/td>Fast-moving Consumer Goods<\/td><\/tr>
PH Full Form<\/a><\/td>Potential of Hydrogen<\/td><\/tr>
ISI Full Form<\/a><\/td>Indian Standards Institution
Indian Statistical Institute
Inter-Services Intelligence (Pak)<\/td><\/tr>
IFS Full Form<\/td>Indian Foreign Service<\/td><\/tr>
ITC Full Form<\/a><\/td>International Trade Centre
India Tobacco Company<\/td><\/tr>
MIS Full Form<\/a><\/td>Management Information Systems<\/td><\/tr>
PHP Full Form<\/a><\/td>Hypertext Preprocessor <\/td><\/tr>
GSM Full Form<\/a><\/td>Global System for Mobile Communications<\/td><\/tr>
SSLC Full Form<\/a><\/td>Secondary School Leaving Certificate<\/td><\/tr>
SIM Full Form<\/a><\/td>Subscriber Identity Module<\/td><\/tr>
INR Full Form<\/a><\/td>Indian Rupee
International Normalized Ratio<\/td><\/tr>
SSD Full Form<\/a><\/td>Solid State Drives<\/td><\/tr>
IBM Full Form<\/a><\/td>International Business Machines<\/td><\/tr>
DSLR Full Form<\/a><\/td>Digital Single-lens Reflex <\/td><\/tr>
LED Full Form<\/a><\/td>Light Emitting Diode<\/td><\/tr>
CA Full Form<\/a><\/td>Chartered Accountant<\/td><\/tr>
USB Full Form<\/a><\/td>Universal Serial Bus<\/td><\/tr>
IFSC Full Form<\/a><\/td>Indian Financial System Code<\/td><\/tr>
ERP Full Form<\/td>Enterprise Resource Planning<\/td><\/tr>
RAW Full Form<\/a><\/td>Research and Analysis Wing<\/td><\/tr>
NSS Full Form<\/a><\/td>National Service Scheme<\/td><\/tr>
CGPA Full Form<\/a><\/td>Cumulative Grade Points Average<\/td><\/tr>
BDS Full Form<\/a><\/td>Bachelor of Dental Surgery <\/td><\/tr>
STD Full Form<\/a><\/td>Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Subscriber Trunk Dialling<\/td><\/tr>
DNS Full Form<\/a><\/td>Domain Name System<\/td><\/tr>
PSU Full Form<\/td>Public Sector Undertakings in India<\/td><\/tr>
ICICI Full Form<\/td>Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India<\/td><\/tr>
HSC Full Form<\/a><\/td>Higher Secondary Certificate<\/td><\/tr>
BHMS Full Form<\/td>Bachelor in Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery<\/td><\/tr>
CSE Full Form<\/td>Civil Services Examination 
Computer Science and Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
AM PM Full Form<\/a><\/td>AM \u2013 ante-meridiem
PM \u2013 post meridiem<\/td><\/tr>
PFMS Full Form<\/td>Public Financial Management System<\/td><\/tr>
JEE Full Form<\/td>Joint Entrance Examination<\/td><\/tr>
GIF Full Form<\/td>Graphics Interchange Format<\/td><\/tr>
RTI Full Form<\/td>Right to Information<\/td><\/tr>
PDA Full Form<\/td>Personal Digital Assistant
Public Display of Affection<\/td><\/tr>
MCB Full Form<\/a><\/td>Miniature Circuit Breaker<\/td><\/tr>
CCC Full Form<\/td>Consolidated Contractors Company
Course on Computer Certificates<\/td><\/tr>
CBSE Full Form<\/a><\/td>Central Board of Secondary Education<\/td><\/tr>
BAMS Full Form<\/td>Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine, and Surgery<\/td><\/tr>
DIG Full Form<\/td>Deputy Inspector General of Police<\/td><\/tr>
CGL Full Form<\/td>Combined Graduate Level Exam<\/td><\/tr>
HCL Full Form<\/td>Hindustan Computers Limited
Hydrochloric Acid<\/td><\/tr>
CAG Full Form<\/td>Comptroller and Auditor General of India<\/td><\/tr>
LCD Full Form<\/td>Liquid Crystal Display<\/td><\/tr>
OTG Full Form<\/td>On-The-Go Adapter<\/td><\/tr>
MMS Full Form<\/td>Multimedia Messaging Service<\/td><\/tr>
ATP Full Form<\/td>Adenosine Triphosphate
Association of Tennis Professionals <\/td><\/tr>
CSS Full Form<\/td>Cascading Style Sheets<\/td><\/tr>
SAARC Full Form<\/td>South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation<\/td><\/tr>
SHO Full Form<\/td>Station House Officer<\/td><\/tr>
IQ Full Form<\/td>Intelligence Quotient<\/td><\/tr>
HTTP Full Form<\/td>Hypertext Transfer Protocol<\/td><\/tr>
NPA Full Form<\/td>Non Performing Asset<\/td><\/tr>
PGDM Full Form<\/td>Post Graduate Diploma in Management<\/td><\/tr>
SIP Full Form<\/td>Systematic Investment Plan<\/td><\/tr>
SQL Full Form<\/td>Structured Query Language <\/td><\/tr>
DDT Full Form<\/td>Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane<\/td><\/tr>
MS Full Form<\/td>Master of Science
Multiple Sclerosis<\/td><\/tr>
ECS Full Form<\/td>Elastic Container Service
Electronic Clearing System<\/td><\/tr>
IRDA Full Form<\/td>Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority<\/td><\/tr>
PS Full Form<\/td>Postscript<\/td><\/tr>
DVD Full Form<\/td>Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc<\/td><\/tr>
ESI Full Form<\/td>Employees\u2019 State Insurance<\/td><\/tr>
PVC Full Form<\/td>Polyvinyl Chloride<\/td><\/tr>
ETA Full Form<\/td>Electronic Travel Authorization
Estimated Time of Arrival<\/td><\/tr>
BCG Full Form<\/td>Bacille Calmette-Guerin<\/td><\/tr>
PAN Full Form<\/td>Permanent Account Number <\/td><\/tr>
MC Full Form<\/td>Master of Ceremonies
Menstrual Cycle<\/td><\/tr>
BMS Full Form<\/td>Bachelor of Management Studies
Bachelor of Medical Science<\/td><\/tr>
USP Full Form<\/td>Unique Selling Proposition<\/td><\/tr>
RNA Full Form<\/a><\/td>Ribonucleic Acid<\/td><\/tr>
TCP Full Form<\/td>Transmission Control Protocol\/Internet Protocol<\/td><\/tr>
CVV Full Form<\/td>Card Security Code<\/td><\/tr>
CS Full Form<\/td>Civil Services
Company Secretary
Computer Science<\/td><\/tr>
CC Full Form<\/td>Creative Commons<\/td><\/tr>
TGT Full Form<\/a><\/td>Trained Graduate Teacher<\/td><\/tr>
CFA Full Form<\/td>Chartered Financial Analyst<\/td><\/tr>
IT Full Form<\/td>Information Technology<\/td><\/tr>
DGP Full Form<\/td>Director General of Police <\/td><\/tr>
ECE Full Form<\/td>Electronics and Communications Engineering<\/td><\/tr>
SP Full Form<\/td>Superintendent of Police<\/td><\/tr>
SMS Full Form<\/td>Short Message Service<\/td><\/tr>
DC Full Form<\/td>Deputy Commissioner <\/td><\/tr>
UIDAI Full Form<\/td>Unique Identification Authority of India<\/td><\/tr>
DTP Full Form<\/td>Desktop Publishing<\/td><\/tr>
ASCII Full Form<\/td>American Standard Code for Information Interchange<\/td><\/tr>
PNG Full Form<\/td>Portable Network Graphics<\/td><\/tr>
SMPS Full Form<\/td>Switched-mode Power Supply<\/td><\/tr>
SIT Full Form<\/td>Special Investigation Teams<\/td><\/tr>
MNC Full Form<\/td>Multinational Ccorporation<\/td><\/tr>
Full Form of AIDS<\/td>Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome <\/td><\/tr>
RAM Full Form<\/td>Random-access Memory<\/td><\/tr>
SME Full Form<\/td>Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Subject Matter Expert<\/td><\/tr>
LOC Full Form<\/td>Line of Control<\/td><\/tr>
CAT Full Form<\/td>Common Admission Test<\/td><\/tr>
PCB Full Form<\/td>Printed Circuit Board
Pakistan Cricket Board<\/td><\/tr>
IRCTC Full Form<\/td>Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation<\/td><\/tr>
FDI Full Form<\/td>Foreign Direct Investment<\/td><\/tr>
Full Form of IAS<\/td>Indian Administrative Service<\/td><\/tr>
UNO Full Form<\/td>United Nations Organisation<\/td><\/tr>
CD Full Form<\/td>Compact Disc<\/td><\/tr>
OEM Full Form<\/td>Original Equipment Manufacturer<\/td><\/tr>
PGDCA Full Form<\/a><\/td>Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications<\/td><\/tr>
Full Form of DNA<\/td>Deoxyribonucleic Acid<\/td><\/tr>
LASER Full Form<\/td>Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation<\/td><\/tr>
MICR Full Form<\/td>Magnetic Ink Character Recognition<\/td><\/tr>
HP Full Form<\/td>Hindustan Petroleum
Hewlett-Packard
Horsepower<\/td><\/tr>
Full Form of NASA<\/td>National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/td><\/tr>
NDRF Full Form<\/td>National Disaster Response Force<\/td><\/tr>
Full Form of ATM<\/td>Automated Teller Machine<\/td><\/tr>
OTP Full Form<\/td>One Time Password<\/td><\/tr>
IUCN Full Form<\/td>International Union for Conservation of Nature<\/td><\/tr>
OCD Full Form<\/td>Obsessive-compulsive Disorder<\/td><\/tr>
ICDS Full Form<\/td>Integrated Child Development Services<\/td><\/tr>
CNC Full Form<\/td>Computer Numerical Control<\/td><\/tr>
OCR Full Form<\/td>Optical Character Recognition<\/td><\/tr>
PO Full Form<\/td>Probationary Officer \u2013 Bank
Post Office<\/td><\/tr>
GPRS Full Form<\/td>General Packet Radio Service <\/td><\/tr>
LG Full Form<\/td>Inspector General
Instagram<\/td><\/tr>
POC Full Form<\/td>Point of Contact<\/td><\/tr>
IDBI Full Form<\/td>Industrial Development Bank of India<\/td><\/tr>
CIBIL Full Form<\/td>Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited <\/td><\/tr>
PCC Full Form<\/td>Portland Cement Concrete
Police Clearance Certificate<\/td><\/tr>
ISC Full Form<\/td>Indian School Certificate<\/td><\/tr>
JPEG Full Form<\/td>Joint Photographic Experts Group<\/td><\/tr>
LLM Full Form<\/td>Master of Laws<\/td><\/tr>
ESIC Full Form<\/td>Employees\u2019 State Insurance Corporation<\/td><\/tr>
NCERT Full Form<\/td>National Council of Educational Research and Training<\/td><\/tr>
RPM Full Form<\/td>Revolutions per Minute<\/td><\/tr>
WWW Full Form<\/td>World Wide Web<\/td><\/tr>
DCA Full Form<\/td>Diploma in Computer Applications
Dollar-Cost Averaging<\/td><\/tr>
UPA Full Form<\/td>United Progressive Alliance<\/td><\/tr>
BIOS Full Form<\/td>Basic Input\/Output System<\/td><\/tr>
OMR Full Form<\/td>Optical Mark Recognition<\/td><\/tr>
CPM Full Form<\/td>Characters Per Minute
Cost Per Million<\/td><\/tr>
ATS Full Form<\/td>Anti-Terrorism Squad
Applicant Tracking System<\/td><\/tr>
CRT Full Form<\/td>Cathode Ray Tube<\/td><\/tr>
AICTE Full Form<\/td>All India Council for Technical Education<\/td><\/tr>
ASI Full Form<\/td>Archaeological Survey of India
Assistant Sub Inspector<\/td><\/tr>
GMT Full Form<\/td>Greenwich Mean Time<\/td><\/tr>
XML Full Form<\/td>Extensible Markup Language<\/td><\/tr>
CTC Full Form<\/a><\/td>Cost to Company<\/td><\/tr>
BCA Full Form<\/a><\/td>Bachelor\u2019s in Computer Application<\/td><\/tr>
GST Full Form<\/a><\/td>Goods & Services Tax<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Frequently Searched For Full Forms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What is the full form of MBBS?<\/strong>

Full form of MBBS is Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery<\/p> <\/div>

What is the full form of IAS?<\/strong>

IAS stands for Indian Administrative Services<\/p> <\/div>

What is the full form of UPSC?<\/strong>

UPSC full form is Union Public Service Commission<\/p> <\/div>

What is the full form of GDP?<\/strong>

GPD full form is Gross Domestic Product<\/p> <\/div>

What does IPS stand for?<\/strong>

IPS full form is Indian Police Service<\/strong><\/p> <\/div>

SSC full form is?<\/strong>

SSC full form is Staff Selection Commission<\/strong><\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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